Clazomenae

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Clazomenae was an ancient Ionian Greek city in western Asia Minor, noted as a center of early philosophy and commerce.

Observed surface forms (1)

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Klazomenai 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ionian city
ancient Greek city
archaeological site
alliedWith Athens
birthplaceOf Anaxagoras
Hermotimus of Clazomenae
colonizedFrom Greece
surface form: mainland Greece
culture Ionian Greek
currency silver coins
excavatedBy archaeologists from Turkey
foreign archaeological missions
flourishedInPeriod Archaic period
Classical period
foundedBy Ionians
surface form: Ionian Greeks
hasArchaeologicalFeature Clazomenian sarcophagi
city walls
harbor installations
residential quarters
workshops
hasEvidenceOf coinage
maritime trade
olive oil processing
hasModernSiteName Clazomenae self-linksurface differs
surface form: Klazomenai
hasNotablePerson Anaxagoras
Hermotimus of Clazomenae
hasNotableRole center of commerce
center of early Greek philosophy
maritime trading city
knownFor olive oil production
painted sarcophagi
pottery
language Ancient Greek
locatedIn Anatolia
Asia Minor
Ionia
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
locatedNear Gulf of Izmir
surface form: Gulf of Smyrna

modern Urla
mentionedBy Herodotus
Strabo
Thucydides
participatedIn Ionian Revolt
partOf Ionian League
Greek Antiquity
surface form: ancient Greece
religion ancient Greek religion
underControlOf Achaemenid Empire
Athens
Macedon
surface form: Macedonian Empire

Roman Empire
Roman Republic

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anaxagoras birthPlace Clazomenae
Clazomenae hasModernSiteName Clazomenae self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Klazomenai
Ionia majorCity Clazomenae